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法苑珠林 64.18

法苑珠林 64.18

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64.18

諸葛恪為丹陽太守。出獵兩山之間。有物如小兒。申手欲引人。恪令申去故地。去故地則死。既參位問其故。以為神明。恪曰。此事在白澤圖。曰兩山之間其精如小兒。見人則申手欲引人。名曰俟引。去則死。母謂神明而異之。諸君偶未之見耳(右二驗出搜神記)。

When Zhuge Ke was Governor of Danyang, he went hunting between two mountains. There was a creature resembling a small child that reached out its hand wishing to pull people along. Ke ordered it to stretch forth and leave its native ground; once it left its native ground, it died. When he sat with his attendants, they asked the reason, taking it to be a spirit. Ke said, "This matter is in the Baize tu: 'Between two mountains, its essence resembles a small child; seeing people, it stretches out its hand wishing to pull them; its name is the Siyin; once it departs, it dies.' Do not think it a spirit and marvel at it; you gentlemen simply happened not to have seen it before." (The above two cases are from the Soushen ji.)

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